Dialogue tags (foundation)

(jaunty jingle)…- Oh my gosh, is that a snake?…- She yelled hysterically.…- What do you think of this tea?…- She whispered surreptitiously.…- Ow, my arm hurts.…- She moaned ardently.…- I had the best dinner last night.…- She gushed ecstatically.…- Okay, we better stop, this is too funny.…- We need to tell them what we're up to.…- This lecture is all about how to tag your dialogue.…Tags are the words that come after a piece of dialogue…that attribute the speech to whoever is talking.…

- [Jo] He said, or she said, or I said,…are the most common tags.…- [Jess] These tags are often then combined with an adverb…to make them more descriptive.…- [Jo] For instance, she said furiously…or he said quietly.…- [Jess] And sometimes the he said or she said tags…are replaced with verbs that are more descriptive,…such as she murmured or he yelled.…- In this lecture, we're going to talk about…this kind of tagging…and how it can effectively mix up your writing,…making it more compelling to read.…- But how you also shouldn't go too over the top…